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James Potter walked down the corridors of the train, waving and smiling to his fellow classmates that he had not seen over the summer break. James was a striking man, he was tall about 6'2", build, tan, and just the perfect tall dark and handsome. With his chocolate brown eyes, and messy jet-black hair, he was easily one of the sexiest guys at Hogwarts, and to even add on to his looks he was the star quidditch player, and recently named Head Boy. Girls seemed to swoon as he walked by. James of course got a kick out of this whole ordeal and just played along with it, giving them his trademark grin, or winking at them. This makes James come off as cocky, arrogant, and extremely self-centered.
But the one thing James didn't do was date them. He wasn't a rapid dater; he had only dated two girls since he had been at Hogwarts. One was in the 5th year, her name was Bridget Townstead, a cute perky girl from Ravenclaw, but broke up with her after 5 months when she wanted to go faster in their relationship and James just wasn't ready. The other girl was in his 6th year, Emily Fruine, she was shy 5th year from Griffindor, but she broke up with him the last day of school, after they had been dating for 9 months.
That was the biggest misconception about James Potter, was he was just this big ladies man who liked to flaunt himself around with women. At heart he was just a big romantic, but of course he never led it on that this was the way he really was. He did have a reputation and didn't want it getting out that he was a big softy. Of course up keeping his reputation wasn't all that hard thanks to his best friend the Marauders.
The Marauders consisted of James, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. Sirius was the true ladies man of the group. He was also about 6'2" with shaggy black hair, gray eyes, build, tan, another example of tall dark and handsome. Sirius also was on the Quidditch team, and loved to use that to his advantage. He wooed the ladies with his puppy dog eyes, and killer smile. And girls continuously fell for it every time. Sirius had moved in with the Potter's in his 5th year, since he deemed his family unsuitable for him. Sirius is like a brother to James and his is best mate.
Remus Lupin was the shy one. He was 6'3" with sandy blonde hair, and golden hazel eyes. He wasn't quite as build as the other boys, he was lanky and a little on the pale side comparatively. Remus was smart and sensible, always trying to keep the other boys in check. He wasn't a really all about going out and trying to get women to notice him, it just sort of happened. Girls seem to fall for his adorable shyness. He dated a few girls, but they lasted about for a few months. Remus never seemed capable of getting close to a girl. Remus was also one of the prefects for Griffindor.
Peter Pettigrew is totally opposite of the three previous boys. He is 5'8" and not fit, but not fat. He has fury brown hair, with yellowish brown eyes. He's not good in school or sports. He sort of just tags along with the other guys, they accept him, and he likes feeling accepted. Girls thinkif he is cool enough for the Marauders then he has to be cool enough for them. Oddly enough though, Peter has been going out with the same girl since 5th year. Her name is Susie Patirsen, she was in 4th year when they met, and she's a Hufflepuff. This is who Peter likes to spent his time with when he's not around James, Sirius or Remus.
The Marauders are not only known for their charm, ability, and good looks, but also for their infamous pranks. James and Sirius being the main pranksters, and Remus being the clear thinker, enjoyed pranking Slytherins, their rival house, but soon it became pranking whomever they could and certain girls who denied them. Then they had to make the next prank better than the last, and soon the teachers dubbed them the Marauders and it just stuck.
Lily Evans sat in the Head compartment staring out the window; she watched monotonously each tree that passed by. The meeting with all the prefects just ended, she has Head Girl should of done more, but she just didn't feel like talking or interacting with anyone. She knew they were all staring at her, wondering what was going on. Lily knew they knew, and that it was the big talk of the whole summer. James hadhandled the meeting well, he took the led reins just fine, and as soon as the meeting was over he ushered everyone out as quickly as possible. The door to the compartment opened up behind Lily, she didn't bother to turn to look who it was. She just figured it was James coming to get his things.
"That went well," said a soft voice, which wasn't James'.
Lily look up and saw it was Remus. Remus had always been a good friend to Lily; he was her study partner, and level head friend she always was able to talk to when things got a little hectic. Though most of the pranks James and Sirius played on girls were on her, Remus opted not to be a part of those anymore once he got to know her. They had been friend ever since 3rd year, and Lily was glad of that.
Lily gave a slight shrug to Remus' comment. She talked to Remus about everything, and this is just something she didn't want to talk about. Lily didn't want people feeling sorry for her; Lily just wanted people to leave her alone. Remus studied Lily as she gave her shrug. She was broken; her typically sparkling emerald eyes were dull and lifeless. Her usual shiny, flowing fierce red hair was unkempt and dry. Lily creamy complexion had gone pale and ghostly. Remus stared at this girl once full of life and vigor, now crumbling before them all, living but very dead on the inside.
"Lily," Remus began
"Please don't," Lily whispered
Remus gave a half smile, nodded and went to the door.
"If you ever..."
"Thanks," Lily replied not even letting him finish.
With that Remus left the compartment and Lily was once again alone to stare out the window.
